The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-18
The CO0SA RIVER BILL
FOR THE OPENING OF THE
SHOALS AND RAPIDS
Introduced by Senator MOrgan-Ths
Hayes Murder Case Ms. LO.
gan's Home Unencumbered.
Especial TO TIE APPEAL,I

$4,000 of this to be Immediately
available for the necessary surveys.
He also introduced the petition OF
Capt. Jim Mesher, asking the perm g.
sion Of CongIe7s to build a cJal and
iron wharf near Mobile.
Senator Waltball introduced bill
to authorize the removal Of the ma
tionsl quarantine st8tion on Ship
Island, Miss, to some other island,
and appropristing S45 900 for that
pu pose.
senstcr Blackburn presented peti
ton from the students Of the Fisk and
Roger Williams Universities aud OF
Central College, three coloTed institu-
tons OF Nashville, praying the pa sage
OF The Blair bill to AID public schools.
Mr.. Wheeler introduced bill for
the relief of the Lagrange College,
A'ab ma, appropristing $4,000 t. re-
constructive building Of that institu-
tion, ruined by the United States
troops dnriog the war
M. Peele presented the petition OF
Mira Martha Evans, mother of Fred
q. Evans, late private in the Second
Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers, who
died in the General Hospital at Mem
phis, asking I lr pension.
Tomorrow Senator Whitthorne will
introduce bill to authorize the Q lar
termsster General to pay all claims Of
educational, religious or charitable
institutions for injury done them dur
ing the war by United S ates troops.
JUSTICE FIELDS DECISION IN THE HAYES
MURDER CASE.
A decision was rendered by the
SuDrems Court OF the United States
today in the murder case of John
HAYES, plaintiff in error, pg inst the
State of Missouri. II yes was tiled in
the Criminal Cont Of 81. Louis, in
1882, for the murder OF one Mueller on
the 18th of August, 1881. The jury
found him guilty and he was SEN
fenced to death. He has brought his
case to this court by writ CT error,
upon the ground that the law of Mis-
souri, provides that in cspitsl cases in
cities having a population Of more
han 1000 the State shall be allo we'd
fifteen peremptory challenges to jnrors,
while elsewhere in Missouri the State
is allowed in such only eight peremp-
tory challenges. This provision OF
the law the prisoner maintains oper-
ated to his disadvantage in ira 10
st. Louis, and was denisl TO him of
the equal protection of the laws" en-
joined by the fourteenth amendment
of the Federal Constitution. This court
holds that allowing the State IF cen
peremptory challenges in capital cases
tried in cities containing a population
of more than 100 600 is simply provid-
ing against the difficulty of securing in
euch cases impartial juies in cities Of
that SIZE, which does not exist in other
portions Of the State. So far from de-
feating, it may furnish the meaus of
giving the equal protection Of the
laws" which the fou,teen b amend.
ment declares shall net be denied.
Tnere is nothing in he legislaion OF
Missouri on this point which is repug
nant tn that amendment, and the
judgment Of the Supreme Court OF
the State is affirmed. Opinion by
Justice Field.
MRS. LOGAN SOLE PROPRIETOR OF HER
HOME
The citizsns Of Chicago, having sub
scribed $4,000 10 fund tor the pay
ment Of the encumbrance now resting
upon the home OF Mrs. Logan, in this
city, Col. M. NJ. Parker today called
on her, and, obt,ining from her
check on Riggs Il Co., paid off the
notes. Later III the day hs presented
to Mrs Logan the Cancelled notss, and
che now owns the house known as
Calumet Place, on Columbia Heights,
free from encumbrantes. Mrs, Logau's
gratitude was expressed in letter to
William Penn Nixon, Of Chicsgo,
thanking him for his efforts and those
who had contributed 50 generously to
her future comfot Today the chill
dren and heirs OF Gen. Logan, mis- son
John A. Logan, jr., and his daughter,
Mrs, Tucker, joined in deed convey
ing all right and interest as heirs in
the house to Mrs. Logan, so that the
house ia her property solely. As
Gen. Logan died intestse, this action
on the part of this heirs was, OF
course, entirely voluntary. 1t is tx
pscted the movement for monument
to Gen. Logan will originate eithsr
with the Grand Army posts or with
the Army of the Tennessee. The lat
ter body meets in Detroit in Septem-
Der next, and ii is probable that the
movement will take defir ite shape
then.
PRoTECTIoNlIoF AMERICAN VESSELS IN
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
Mr.. Belmont, Of New York, intro.
duCed in the House today bill to |
protect American vessels against I'M
warrantsble and unlawful disCrimina- |
tons in the ports OF British North |
America. The bill authorizes the |
President to prohibit vessels bearing
the British flig and coming from such
potts from entering the ports OF tee
United States or from exercising such |
privileges therein, as he may define.
1t also authorizes the President to for
bid the entrance by lard from the
provinces OF British North America Of
all merchandise, also OF all CARS, loco.
motives or other rolling stock of any
railway company Chartered under the
laws OF said provinces.
SUNSET cox ILL.
Representative Cox had a slight
hemorrhsgs from the stomach today.
He is suffering from pleurisy and
catarrh Of the stomsch. He is very
much emaoisted and his breathing is
short and painful. His physicians,
Dr5. Bliss aud Sewers, are frequently
ut his bedside, and while admitting
that he ia very sick man, express
the opinion that he will recover if
something Unforeseen does not occur
to occasion relapse.
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL.
The friends of the educational bill
are extremely grstitied with the pros
poets regarding their measure. They
have been counting noses the past
two or three days, aad find that unless
ths noses 20 back on them they will
have good round majority for the
bill in the House. The Labor Com
mittee OF the House hss, by unanimous
vote, authorized its chairman to cal